Almost a Man Antique Book for Boys on Christianity, Health, and Sexuality by Mary Wood Allen buy Victorian Home Decor Teaching Truth Series

Published in 1899, Almost A Man by Mary Wood Allen gives instruction to boys on health and sexuality from the Christian Social Purity Movement perspective.

Mary Wood Allen, M.D., earned a medical degree from the University of Michigan in 1875, and the superintendent of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and a major figure in the Social Purity Movement.

This appears to be the first edition this Dr. Wood-Allen publication.

Almost a Man
Teaching Truth Series
Published by the Wood-Allen Publishing Company, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1899
96 Pages
6 3/4" x 4 1/2"

GENUINE ANTIQUE book not a new reprint of this title, the book shows typical wear consistent with age and use including toning to the pages. Previous owner's name written at front. buy